Kaadu Pookkunna Neram
# Kaadu Pookkunna Neram

Kaadu Pookkunna Neram (English: When the Forest Bloom) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam film written and directed by Dr. Biju. The film is produced by Sophia Paul under the film production house, Weekend Blockbusters. It stars Indrajith Sukumaran as a policeman, who is sent into deep jungles to capture the chief of a radical organization, played by Rima Kallingal, but instead finds himself trapped in it.

Kaadu Pookkunna Neram premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in September 2016.

## Cast

* Indrajith Sukumaran
* Rima Kallingal
* Prakash Bare
* Indrans as School Master
* Irshad
* Krishnan Balakrishnan
* Gopan Karunagapally
* Jayachandran Kadambanad

## Release

Kaadu Pookkunna Neram premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in September 2016. ON 8 September 2016, it was announced as the only Indian film to be screened at Eurasia Film Festival.

## Awards

* Winner Special Jury Award at Bangalore International Film Festival, India, February 2017

National Film Awards 2016 -

* Best Sound Designer : Jayadevan Chakkadeth

Kerala State Film Awards 2016 -

* Best Cinematography : MJ Radhakrishnan
* Best Location sync Sound recordist : Jayadevan Chakkadeth
* Best Sound Mixing : Pramod Thomas
* Best Sound Designer : Jayadevan Chakkadeth
* Best Colourist : Vista VFX Lab

## Festivals

* Official selection. Montreal International film festival, Canada. September 2016.
* Official Selection. Main Competition section of Eurasia Film festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan. September 2016
* Official Selection. Competition section of Asia Pacific screen awards, Australia. November 2016
* Official selection, International competition section, International film festival, Kerala, December 2016
* Official selection, International competition, Arica Nativa film festival, Chile, November 2016
* Official selection, International competition, Jogja NETPAC Film festival, Indonesia, December 2016
* Official selection, Indian Panorama, International film festival of India, November 2016
* Official selection, Indian International film festival of Queensland, Australia 2017.
* Official selection, New York Indian Film Festival, USA, April 2017.
* Official selection, Indian Competition, Bangalore International Film Festival, India, February 2017.
* Official selection, ImagineIndia International film festival Madrid, Spain, April 2017.
* Official selection, Roundglass International Environmental Film Festival Bangalore, October 2017.
* Official selection, Edmonton International Film Festival, Canada, July 2017.
* Bhubaneswar Film Festival, India, February 2018
* Bangalore International Centre Film Festival, India, January 2018
